The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-22
SUBJECTS FOR THOUGHT.

hood. The manhood OF an understand
ing open to all truth, and generating II
too deeply TO love u except for itself,
or barter It for honor, or for gold; OF
heart enthralled by no conventional
isms. bound by no frost Of custom. but
the perennial fountain OF all humane
ties; of will at the mercy of no tyrant
without and no passion within; of q
conscience erect under all the pressure
of circumstances, and ruled by no pow.
or inferior to the everlasting law OF
duty, of affections gentle enough fol
tho humblest sources of earth, lofty
enough for the asprings of the skies.
In such manhood, full of devoui
strength and open love, let every one
that owns soul sec that he glands
fast; in its spirit, at once humane and
heavenly. do the work. accept the
good, and wear the burdens of his
life.
But behold the vain man, and oh.
serve the arrogant. He clotheth him
self in rich attire, he walketh in the
public street. he casteth round his eyes
and courteth observation. He tossetb
up his head, and overlooketh the poor;
he treateth his interiors with insolence;
and his superiors in return; look down
on his pride and folly with laughter.
He despiseth the pride and folly OF
others; he relieth ON his own opinion
and is COMPOUNDED. He is pulled up
with the vanity of his imagination; his
delight is to hear and speak of himself
all the day long. He swalloweth with
greediness his own praise; and the
flatterer in return eateth him up.
All preferences impose an obligation
to give more weight to the opposite
side. As men know they will be inhu.
enced by their wishes, they should in
sist in dwelling longer and more care.
fully on the arguments that thwart
them. They should practice a whole
some self-abnegation rs far as possible,
resisting the force that agrees with
their wishes and welcoming that which
opposes them, thus doing all in their
power to restore the balance which al
intense desire has destroyed.
If we put forth our strength of body
or power of mind inordnately, without
taking needed periods of rest, they will
break down; but, on the other hand,
if we do not exert them at all, we lose
them quite as surely. An unused
muscle in time becomes inert, and the
same is true of all our faculties. Be.
yond certain point, to spend them
means to increase them.
Our thoughts are often worse than
we are, just as they are often better
than we are. And God sees us
as we are altogether, not in separate
feelings or actions, as our fellow men
sees us. We are always doing each
other injustice, and thinking better or
worse of each other than we deserve,
because we only hear and see separate
words and actions. We don't see each
others whole nature.
How little is known of what is in the
bosom of those around us! We might
explain many GOODNESS could we look
into the heart concealed from us; we
should often pity when we curl the lip
with scorn and Indignation. To judge
without reserve of any human action is
a culpabe temertv-of all our sins the
most unfeelng and frequent
Such are the vicissitudes of the world,
through all its parts, that day and
night, labor and rest, hurry and re.
tirement, endear each other. Such are
the changes that keep the mind in
action. we desire, we pursue, we OBJ
tain, we are satisfied; we desire some.
thing else, and begin new pursuit.
Don't think that one part of your life
is more important and another unim-
portant; that one part of your life must
be well done. while another part may
be sighted. Every moment, at work,
at play. demands the best there is in
you. Live full, true, honest lives.
thank God that | am gifted with
little of the spirit which is able to raise
mortals TO the skies, | have yet none.
as l trust of that other spirit, which
would drag angels down.
Bad faith on the part of an individu.
al, city. or even a State. is a small
vice in comparison with the calamites
which follow bad faith on the part of
sovereign government
Scorn not thy fellow creature; there
is some spark of good yet left in every
man, even though he be lying in the
veriest mire.
Silence never shows itself to so great
an advantage as when it is made the re-
ply to calumny and defamation.
Only in world of sincere men is
unity possible and there, in the long
run, it is as good as certain.
A set of mortals has risen who be-
love that truth is not printed specu-
lation but practical fact
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